Joe Cooney

NOffLA asked the government to introduce a 10% reduction on excise on alcohol in Budget 2027.

To increase the standard rate income tax band to support workforce participation, improve employee take-home pay and strengthen Ireland's competitiveness as a location for employment and investment.

To remove the additional USC surcharge on self-employed individuals and improve tax equity while supporting entrepreneurship and indigenous business ownership.

To introduce more frequent VAT repayments for qualifying SMEs, improving cash flow and reducing working-capital pressures on smaller businesses.

To enhance the effectiveness and accessibility of R&D tax incentives so that they continue to encourage research, innovation, productivity and internationally competitive investment in Ireland.

To reform Entrepreneur Relief by removing unnecessary restrictions and improving its effectiveness as an incentive for entrepreneurship, investment, business growth and succession planning.

Meeting members to discuss the hospitality sector, especially the 9% VAT rate and the impact it will have on food-led businesses and its implentation. Also, discussed were a range of issues impacting businesses which included work permits, cumulative cost increases, labour…

To call on the Minister for Finance to suspend carbon tax due to the daily escalating energy costs for farmers, agricultural contractors and the wider economy.::To highlight that farm businesses are particularly vulnerable as there is no viable alternative to diesel to power…

To discuss the impact of a proposed EU Energy Taxation Directive on Ireland’s general aviation sector.

To propose that all actively farmed land must be permanently removed from the scope of RZLT.::To insist that farmers need absolute clarity on the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) to enable them to plan for their futures.

To propose maintaining and expanding all exemptions applying to farm buildings in the Valuation Act 2001 and the ‘relevant property not rateable' list to recognise the diversification of farm enterprises.::To highlight that there are a number of cases, some of which are more…

To propose that the Commission for Regulation of Utilities change direction on the proposed charge increases and recognise the challenges facing the sector and introduce further transitional arrangements for farmers to minimise tariff increases.::To propose that the standard…

To propose that agriculture is removed from the commercial definition and revised in line with the residential stamp duty charge of 1%, up to €1m, and 2% thereafter.::To propose the extension of Farm consolidation Relief for farmers who buy and sell agricultural land to…

To propose that to increase uptake, the relief should be extended to a young farmer's off-farm income for three of the five years, allowing the young farmer to invest some of this income in developing and expanding the farm.::To propose that the percentage of farm assets a…

To support the Programme for Government commitment to reviewing the thresholds for CAT. As land values have increased, IFA supports the increase of the Category A threshold (parent and child) from the current rate of €400,000 to €500,000.::To propose due to changing demographics…